Autoradiolysis of extraction systems sometimes occurs during reprocessing of spent fuel, which may result in a change in the extraction behaviour of the system...
Keywords: Liquid-liquid extraction, Radiolysis, Americium, Nitrogen heterocycles, Triazines
02/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThis paper describes the effects of aqueous carbonate concentrations on the UO2 oxidation and dissolution rates under an alpha beam irradiation in a cyclotron...
Keywords: Colloids, UO2, Carbonate, Dissolution rate, Radiolysis
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagZirconolite is a candidate host material for conditioning minor tri- and tetra-valent actinides arising from enhanced nuclear spent fuel reprocessing and partitioning, which can be disposed in a geological repository for nuclear waste...
Keywords: Zirconolite, Radiolysis, Hydrogen Peroxide, Leaching, Irradiation
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA physico-chemical model developed for spent fuel alteration was integrated in a global reactive transport model of a spent fuel disposal system, considering both decaying and stable isotopes, corroded steel canisters, bentonite backfills and a clayey host-rock...
Keywords: Radioactive waste, Radiolysis, Radionuclide migration, Reactive transport, UO2
09/2006 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagThe effects of αβγ radiolysis of water on oxidation and dissolution of the UO2 matrix of spent fuel were investigated in aerated media...
Keywords: UOX spent fuel, Leaching, Uranium, Radiolysis, Surface reactivity
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagA series of long chain isonicotinamides (pyridine-4-carboxamides) and dipicolinamides (pyridine-2,6-dicarboxamides) have been prepared with different substituting groups and the extracting ability for Fe(III), Am(III), Eu(III), Sr(II), Co(II) and Cs(I) from nitric acid solutions has been studied...
Keywords: Extraction, Isonicotinamides, Dipicolinamides, Radiolysis, selectivity
09/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg WissenschaftsverlagCurrent reactors spent nuclear UO2 fuel, that will probably enter geologic formations for disposal, is assumed to get into contact with groundwater of a repository earliest after several thousands of years...
Keywords: Uranium dioxide, Radiolysis, radicals, Dissolution kinetics, Secondary phases
12/2007 | Radiochimica Acta, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag